Paying your bill

Go to My Iowa Lakes and select Self-Service Student Portal, and log in.  Under the STUDENT FINANCE section, you will find instructions on how to pay your bill.

• We accept Visa, Mastercard, Discover, and American Express.

Some debit cards may have daily limits, so please check with your bank to make sure your limit is sufficient to cover your balance due.

Stop by the Iowa Lakes Business office to pay your bill in-person. Cashiers can accept the following forms of payment:

• Cash
• Credit Card
• Personal Check (made payable to Iowa Lakes Community College)
• Money Order
• Cashier's Check

Students may mail tuition payments to Iowa Lakes. Please include your Iowa Lakes Student ID number. Checks can be made payable to Iowa Lakes Community College and send payment to:

Iowa Lakes Community College
Attn: Kay Wise, Cashier
3200 College Drive
Emmetsburg, Iowa 50536

Iowa Lakes Community College offers the Iowa Lakes NELNET Payment Plan as a convenient budget plan to help you take care of your educational expenses.

The NELNET Payment Plan is not a loan program. You may budget your tuition and fees in either an automatic bank payment (ACH) or with a credit/debit card option. 

NELNET Enrollment

NELNET offers an online enrollment plan, and early enrollment provides the most options. The cost is only $25 per semester to use the NELNET payment program. 

Sign up for NELNET through the Self-Service Student Portal. 

• Once you are in the Self-Service Student Portal, select the Student-Manage My Account: NELNET Tuition Payment Plan. 

Iowa Lakes Community College and Convera GlobalPay for Students have partnered to provide a convenient way for you to make payments for your tuition and other fees. This allows you to pay in your home currency, either online or by bank transfer, with competitive exchange rates and takes the stress and uncertainty out of paying for your tuition.

Benefits of Convera GlobalPay for Students:

• Pay tuition in your local currency.
• Pay online from your mobile, tablet, desktop devices or by bank transfer.
• Rest assured knowing your payments are received in full by Iowa Lakes Community College.
• Track your payment every step of the way with status updates by text or email.
• Enjoy our step-by-step walkthrough video for GlobalPay for Students (payment portal) in your native language.

English  Korean  Cantonese  Mandarin  French  Spanish  Hindi  Indonesian Japanese  French Canadian  Arabic

How to make a payment:

1. Login to your GlobalPay for Students to make a payment.
2. Select the country where you’re paying from and click get a quote.
3. Select payment type – Wire, Credit Card or Mobile/Online Payment – WeChat, ALIPAY or other.
4. Student Details Page – click next.
5. Payer Details Page - Who will be making this payment? Check Use of Terms box and proceed to payment.
6. Make a Payment Page – Print Instructions for wire payment or Log in payment provider. Notify me by SMS (tracking payment/optional).

Complete your student payment online or in-person with our banking instructions.

If your employer has agreed to pay for your tuition, you must provide a signed contract or written notice to Iowa Lakes prior to the first day of classes with your tuition payment. If your employer does not plan to pay the tuition balance until after course completion, you must follow an established payment plan or pay the balance in full on or before the first day of classes.